Crime
An alert sent at 5:15 p.m. by Virginia Commonwealth University says a shooting happened at Monroe Park on campus, which is located just outside the Altria Theater.
The settlement officially cancels a federal trial set to begin on Tuesday, with the Oscar winner facing charges of raping a woman in 2013.
The allegedly racist white woman who killed Ajike "AJ" Adams, an unarmed Black mother of four in a dispute over an iPad in Ocala, Florida, has been identified on social media as Susan Lorincz. The post Who Killed Ajike Owens? Allegedly Racist White Florida Woman Identified On Social Media As Susan Lorincz appeared first on NewsOne.
Funeral details have been released for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, the 14-year-old Black boy murdered by the owner of a gas station in Columbia, South Carolina. The post Funeral Details Set For Cyrus Carmack-Belton As Killer’s Violent Past Surfaces appeared first on NewsOne.
AP reports that a third man has been charged in the 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay. A federal indictment filed Tuesday (May 30) in the Eastern District of New York officially charges 49-year-old Jay Bryant with the murder of the Hip-Hop icon, born Jason Mizell. Bryant, who is from Queens, is already in custody on […]
MPD arrested an 11-year-old kid for allegedly committing three gun-related offenses in the District in less than a week.
Now that he's been charged and going to trial for the killing, his fate lies in the hands of a jury of his peers and the evidence the state has been assembling since that fateful night. The post Takeoff’s Alleged Killer Has Been Indicted By A Grand Jury appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
An 11-year-old boy was shot in the chest by a Mississippi police officer who was responding to the 911 call the boy made to help his mother in a domestic dispute. Aderrien Murry suffered the gunshot wound after the officer asked him to come out. The officer is currently on paid administrative leave. The post Mississippi Cop Shoots Unarmed 11-Year-Old Black Boy In The Chest appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
An R. Kelly accuser is being denied "closure" after Minnesota prosecutors dropped sex abuse charges, preventing her from testifying at a trial alleging prostitution with a minor.
Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to make it easier to hold criminal suspects in custody, toughen the laws against possessing firearms, and create additional barriers for those convicted of major crimes to be released from prison early.